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FRATERNITIES INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL Charles S. Simmons THE Inter-fraternity Council was organized in President 1926 with the expressed purposes of promoting G. Luther Heppe the interests of the University and of the sev- Vice-President eral fraternities represented on its campus; of insuring amiable cooperation between the Thomas Craig various fraternities; and of maintaining efficient Secretary and Treasurer relations with the college authorities. Arthur G. Craig Oscar Tucker The principal activities of the Council are the regulation of the "Rushing Season" held each fall Lewis D. Learned, Jr. for the pledging of Freshmen; and the sponsor- ing of Inter-fraternity Basketball, Swimming, Baseball, Relays, and, in conjunction with the Footlights Club, the annual Inter-fraternity Plays Contest. 194 KAPPA ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA I HE Kappa Alpha (Southern) Fraternity was founded at Washington and Lee University, in Virginia, December 21, 1865. It was established with the idea of creating an organization to keep alive the spirit of Southern chivalry and hospitality of pre-Civil War days. The fraternity was inspired and sanctioned by Robert E. Lee, then President of the University. Kappa Alpha is semi-military in char- acter, and has confined itself to the South, in location, but not in personnel. There is no connection whatever between Northern and Southern Kappa Alphas, except in name. April 29, 1904, marked the appearance of the first fraternity at the University of Delaware, Beta Epsilon Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order, situated in the build- ing which is now known as Purnell Hall. In 1909, however, due to its rapid growth, the fraternity was forced to move to a large home on "the Hill," which it occupies at the present time. Kappa Alpha has 68 chapters, which are divided by loca- tion into 8 provinces, one of which comprises Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and Washington, D. C. Although no active chapters, with the exception of four colleges in California, are situated outside the boundaries of the true South, alumni chapters have been chartered in every principal city of the country. 196 KAPPA ALPHA Beta Epsilon Chapter FRATRES IN FACULTATE Dean George E. Dutton Dr. Albert S. Eastman Prof. Carl John Rees FRATRES IN COLLEGIA SENIORS SOPHOMORES Woodrow W. Hughes Charles S. Simmons William O. Covey Edmund N. Livingston Roger U. Owings John B. Roberts C. Whitfield Kates John J. Hurley Alexander C. Tweed FRESHMEN Charles S. Pie J. Henry Speicher Frederick S. Kelly Adair Rogers Henry H. Draper Bernard L. Maguire, Jr. George M. Wigglesworth J. Virgil Hudson James D. Edge Richard E. Porter JUNIORS J. Austin McCullough Harry F. Williams Roland S. Ellis James S. Tipka Frank K. McRight, Jr. William F. Ward Arnett E. Benton Ralph L. Walson Edwin C. Kirschner John C. Branner J. Frank Nichols, Jr. Howard W. Kleitz PLEDGES James N. Sutton George R. Pearce James B. Hobbs James M. Flounders Melvin O. Jester 197 Little America"—K. A. Formal Setting, 1932 CHAPTER RECORDS Scholarship, First Place Second Semester, 1932 Scholarship, First Place First Semester, 1932-33 ROLL OF CHAPTERS—WOOD PROVINCE Alpha Lambda Johns Hopkins University Alpha Nu George Washington University Alpha Rho University of West Virginia Beta Beta Bethany College Beta Epsilon University of Delaware Beta Kappa University of Maryland Beta Mu Saint John's College Beta Upsilon Marshall College Beta Chi West Virginia Wesleyan 198 SIGMA PHI EPSILON SIGMA PHI EPSILON THE National Fraternity of Sigma Phi Epsilon was estab- lished at Richmond College in November, 1901. At pres- ent there are 67 active chapters with a total membership of 13,531. On the 29th of April, 1907, Delta Chi, a local fraternity at the University of Delaware, was granted a charter and became the Mu Sigma Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. In time, Mu Sigma became Delaware Alpha, as the chapters were renamed according to states. After maintaining a house on "Quality Hill" for several years, the local group erected the first fraternity house on the campus proper— the same beautifully designed home which it occupies at the present time. Sigma Phi Epsilon has ever been an outstanding factor in activities pertaining to college life at the University; and has consistently supplied its share of leaders in sports, scholarship, and social life. Distinguished among the alumni of Delaware Alpha are: Harold E. Tiffany, official chemist of the United States Department of Internal Revenue; Dr. W. O. Sypherd, head of the department of English at the University of Delaware; Walter D. Smith, president of the City Council of Wil- mington; Alban P. Shaw, County Engineer, New Castle County; William M. Francis, prominent contractor; and Dr. J. P. Winthrop, practicing dentist and a leader in dental research. 200 SIGMA PHI EPSILON Delaware Alpha Chapter FRATRES IN FACULTATE Dr. W. O. Sypherd Dr. C. C. Palmer Amos B. Collins Captain C. M. Myers FRATRES IN COLLEGIA SENIORS John T. Dougherty Arthur Wilson Thomas Craig Joseph F. Green Alfred R. Raniere William J. McKelvey Allan F. Kemske Grover T. Surratt Hugh J. Lattomus Charles W. Davis David Z. H. Marvel Alvin B. Roberson, Jr. Craig Cannon Clarence H. Rice John J. Petticrew James W. Kelley Francis V. J. Haggerty Robert P. Vandegrift J. Wilson Ward SOPHOMORES Fuhrman C. Kane Henry D. Murray Ernest A. DiSabitino Joseph Stuart, 3rd Charles W. Knight Joseph J. Crowe Dexter W. Cobb Frederic D. Bendler William W. Garbutt W. Emmor Gregg Walter $. Dawson William G. Jones, Jr. Joseph H. Saville, Jr. Harry T. Wilson Jack Hartmann JUNIORS H. Willis Lawrence Harry C. Watson Gerald H. Kadel Robert E. Tanner William M. Croes H. Irwin Etchells, Jr. Joseph K. Newman Donald R. Morton, Jr. Charles M. Dannenberg PLEDGES John R. Naisby Howard Hudson Samuel P. Nickle FRESHMEN Carle C. Compton Richard Burke William E. Babcock John J. O'Connor S. Clifford Dunn Drexel S. Donalson 201 "That Old Frat of Mine" CHAPTER RECORDS Inter-fraternity basketball championship 1932 Inter-fraternity swimming championship 1933 Inter-fraternity plays, First Place 1933 Fraternity scholarship award Henry Murray Edgar Reese Freshman trophy Kenneth Glenn ROLL OF CHAPTERS—SECOND DISTRICT New York Alpha Syracuse University New York Beta Cornell University New York Gamma New York University Delaware Alpha University of Delaware Pennsylvania Delta University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Eta Pennsylvania State College Pennsylvania Epsilon Lehigh University Pennsylvania Theta Carnegie Institute of Technology 202 SIGMA NU SIGMA NU IN 1866, at the Virginia Military Institute, a group of men banded together under the name of Legion of Honor in protest to the unopposed and autocratic power wielded by another previously formed group. The Legion of Honor was so successful that in 1869 the members formed a per- manent organization and adopted the name Sigma Nu Fraternity. This first organization at V. M. I. became known as Alpha Chapter. At the University of Delaware in 1907 was formed a local fraternity known as Phi Sigma. It was founded with the especial purpose of eventually becoming a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. In 1910 Phi Sigma succeeded in its purpose when its petition was approved by the governing body of Sigma Nu, and it became Delta Kappa Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. Since the time of its organization, Delta Kappa has always been outstanding in the activities of the University of Dela- ware. Many of the existing clubs and honorary societies were sponsored by members of Sigma Nu. Among them arc the Perelicts Society, founded in I 9 I 8 by Garret R. Cantwell; and the Blue Key Society, founded by Milton Draper. 204 SIGMA NU Delta Kappa Chapter FRATRES IN FACULTATE Dr. George A. Harter Gerald P. Doherty Prof. Georg6 A. Koerber FRATRES IN COLLEGIA SENIORS Herman V. Walker Albert W. Adams H. Lee Rice, Jr. Arthur G. Craig Andrew Marvel, Jr. T. Willey Keithley Willard B. Jordan SOPHOMORES Howard N. Stayton T. Henry Dickerson John S. Glover William T. James Charles S. Davidson Walter Mansberger Stephen M. Wilson, Jr. Gilbert F. Moore James P. Prettyman Albert M. Lupton William G. Negendank Robert E. Lee Davis Chauncey A. Wheeless Robert R. Vennum Charles R. Jefferis PLEDGES Charles F. Jackson H. Edward Maull Roger C. Stroud Roy L. Hill, Jr. Francis C. Mayer Rudolph R. Williams Edwin C. Jefferis T. John Carey, Jr. Vincent L. Mayer Henry J. Ridgely Alison F. Manns Edward A. Lynch Henry H. Stroud JUNIORS John P. Jones James H. Hallett Henry S. Brady, Jr. Francis H. Dineen John W. Dayett FRESHMEN Irvin L. Malcolm John Davis C. Robert Marvil Edwin W. Thompson Ray Lewis Walter B. McKendrick Merritt Burke, Jr." J. Aubrey Walker George M. Records W. Garrett Hume George W. Thompson William F. Eckbert John M. Robertson John P. Cann, Jr. Edward Samuel, Jr. John T. Warner 205 Sigma Nu Basketball Team—Champions of Inter-fraternity League, 1933 CHAPTER RECORDS Inter-fraternity basketball championship 1933 Highest rating in fraternity division 1932 ROLL OF CHAPTERS—FIRST DIVISION Beta. University of Virginia Lambda Washington and Lee University Delta Kappa University of Delaware Delta Pi George Washington University Delta Phi University of Maryland Epsilon lota College of William and Mary 206 THETA CHI THETA CHI THE Theta Chi Fraternity was founded at Norwich Uni- versity on April 10, 1856. The fraternity refused to recog- nize petitioning bodies for many years, and it was not until forty-six years later that expansion was finally begun with the addition of a chapter at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since that time forty-eight chapters have been added, making a total of fifty chapters to date. All chapters have developed from established local organiza- zations and gained admittance by virtue of voluntary petitions. The chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity at Delaware grew out of a local fraternity called Omega Alpha which was founded in 1911, and formally became a member of Theta Chi on June 5, I 923.